Published at Friday, July 05th, 2019 - 07:57:53 AM. Bedding. By Valentin Cordonnier.

Most beds in the 21st century consist of the bed frame and the mattress, with the mattress sitting on top of a solid base made of either a sprung base or wooden slats. Most modern beds also include the option of a headboard for resting against and medical beds can even include side rails and in some cases both types of beds also include footboards. Beds that have headboards also normally have bed skirts which double up as dust covers that both protect and hide the actual bed frame under the mattress.

Apart from the usual rectangular beds, you can find round beds, square beds and heart-shaped beds. In fact, you can order a bed in pretty much any shape, but then you'll deal with unusually shaped bedlinens. There is a much larger selection of comforters, duvets, etc. for your standard shaped beds.